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  Out of the Woods: A tale of...

  Betsy Griffin, Fearne Cotton

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  A little optimism goes a long way. 
  ‘Wise, wonderful Betsy … I am blown away by her courage and wisdom.’ 
  Fearne Cotton 
  ‘Betsy is the most gloriously wonderful, positive, cute, inspiring girl … Her disability has become her unique ability.’ 
  Davina McCall 
  As she finds her way home out of the woods, Betsy Griffin takes us on a journey through the darkest of forests to find the light. 
  With wise advice from woodland creatures along the way, Betsy takes it upon herself to change her outlook on the world. 
  In this deeply moving and inspirational fable, she teaches us how to face our struggles with courage and determination, and shares powerful lessons about positivity, kindness and hope. 
  Despite her young age, Betsy’s wisdom will inspire readers of all ages. 
  Above all, she shows us that anything is possible. 
  ‘Feeling down? Then be more Betsy.’ 
  Gareth Malone 
  ‘Betsy has the most incredible personality I have seen in anybody. She owns the room.’ 
  Frank Lampard 
  Betsy's tale is a meditation on the power of mindfulness and the strength of the human spirit. Her philosophy of self-help and mental fitness is a testament to her resilience, making this book a top pick for those battling anxieties and phobias. 
  For fans of Alla Svirinskaya (Energy Rules), Anna Murphy (Destination Fabulous), Wendy Mitchell (One Last Thing), and Mary Killen (The Diary of Two Nobodies). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Spain in Arms - A Military...

  E. R. Hooton

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  This detailed military history of the Spanish Civil War dispels long-held misconceptions and sheds significant new light on the conflict.  Spain in Arms chronicles the development of the Spanish Civil War on the battlefield, examining eight campaigns waged between 1937 and 1939. Through detailed analysis, it demonstrates how many accounts of military operations during this conflict are based upon half-truths and propaganda.   From the Madrid Front to the Catalonia Offensive, each campaigns is chronicled with special focus on the weapons and tactics used, as well as the moment-to-moment decisions of both Republican and Nationalist generals. Hooton also sheds light on the true extent of foreign intervention in the conflict. Using British and French archives, he produces a more accurate—and radically different—account of the battles and the factors that shaped them. Ultimately, Hooton reveals the superiority of the Nationalist alliance in both training and overall command.  Spain in Arms draws on specialized German, Italian and Russian works, and is the first book to quote secret data about Italian air operations intercepted by the British. A magisterial work of military history, it combines detailed analysis with historical context, showing how the events of the Spanish civil War provide a link between the First and Second World Wars.

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  Researchers Aim to Unlock...

  PBS NewsHour

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  Researchers in the San Francisco Bay area believe genetic tests will help them find the best ways to treat and potentially prevent diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, breast and prostate cancers. Spencer Michels reports on a giant data bank that houses genetic information on 200,000 people as part of a groundbreaking study.

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  Durham Pals - 18th 19th 20th and...

  John Sheen

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  A history of four battalions of the Durham Light Infantry raised in the Country during the First World War.  The 18th (Pals) were the first troops of Kitcheners new army to come under fire, when the Germans bombarded Hartlepool in December 1914.  The 19th were raised as Bantams and the 20th (Wearside) were raised by the Sunderland Recruiting Committee.  The 22nd, the last raised became a pioneer Battalion but fought as infantry through much of 1918.  The book covers raising, training and active service of the Battalions.  The 18th were in action on 1 July 1916 when they supported the Leeds and Bradford Pals.  After fighting at Messines in June 1917 the 20th went to the Italian front.  After losing its Bantams in 1917, the 19th Battalion fought on and distinguished itself in the advance in Flanders in the latter months of 1918.  The 22nd Battalion had such a hard time in March and April 1918 that it was rebuilt and again practically wiped out before being disbanded in June 1918.

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  The Last Train

  Peter Bradley

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  ‘Haunting.’ Jonathan Freedland‘Powerful.’ Daniel Finkelstein 
  The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family’s fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia and to Britain. 
  In November 1941, Peter Bradley's grandparents, Sally and Bertha Brandes, were deported from their home in Bamberg to their deaths in Latvia. 
  The Last Train is a profound and moving homage to Peter’s lost family and to his father who rarely spoke of the traumas through which he lived. 
  It is also his attempt to understand, through the prism of his family’s story, how the Nazis came to conceive and implement the Final Solution. 
  Why did Sally and Bertha’s fellow citizens put them on the train that carried them to the killing fields? 
  Why did the democracies which so loudly condemned Hitler’s persecution of the Jews deny them sanctuary? 
  And why, when Peter's father finally reached Britain after five terrible months in a Nazi concentration camp, was he arrested as an 'enemy alien'? 
  The quest for answers led Peter to explore the origins and evolution of an ancient hatred and the struggles against it of each generation of his family, from the Reformation, through the Enlightenment and the Age of Reform, to the catastrophe of the Holocaust. 
  This is the powerful, poignant story of Peter’s journey through family papers and archives, through works of scholarship and the testimony of survivors, and from Bavaria and Buchenwald to the mass graves of the Baltic. 
  And, reflecting on what he learned, he asks: in the events of our own times, we are all perpetrators or bystanders or resisters; which of those roles do we choose for ourselves? 
  This best and top biography and autobiography of the 20th century is a testament to survival in modern Europe. It is a chilling reminder of the past and a call to action for the future. 
  For fans of Gwen Strauss (The Nine), Never Again Press (Beneath the Winds of War), Malcolm Brabant (The Daughter of Auschwitz), Ariana Neumann (When Time Stopped), and Laurence Rees (Hitler and Stalin). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Inside the Nazi Ring - A Naval...

  H.M. Denham

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  On the morning of April 9, 1940, German forces occupied Denmark and invaded Norway, leaving Sweden as the only neutral country in Scandinavia.It was to this country, surrounded by Axis forces, that Captain H. M. Denham was posted as Naval Attaché, arriving after evading capture by the Nazi Wehrmacht in the summer of 1940.Over the course of the next five years Captain Denham used his position to covertly provide valuable intelligence to the British military, such as the Bismarck's attempt to break into the Atlantic Ocean and raid Allied shipping. Thanks to his information, the terrifying battleship was sunk just eight days later.The Swedish were suspicious of Denham, resulting in the Swedish Secret Police even bugging his flat, yet he remained free and continued to acquire and pass on information throughout the war.In Inside the Nazi Ring, Denham gives vivid accounts of his meetings with numerous important political and military figures, such as King Gustav V of Sweden, Field Marshal Mannerheim of Finland, Admiral Raeder, leader of the German Navy, and the Soviet minister, Alexandra Kollontay, as well as various members of the Nordic intelligence services.

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